Finding Meaning in Life
Meaning in life is an essential factor in human well-being and when we have a sense of meaning and purpose we are able to more effectively cope with the inevitable challenges of life. So鈥︹�︹�︹�︹��..
What can we do to live a meaningful life?
Here鈥檚 the 1st step:
Recognize that鈥︹��.
鈥楳eaning is not something you stumble across, like the answer to a riddle or the prize in a treasure hunt. Meaning is something you build into your life. You build it out of 鈥our affections and loyalties鈥ut of the things you believe in, out of the things and people you love, out of the values for which you are willing to sacrifice something. The ingredients are there. You are the only one who can put them together into that unique pattern that will be your life. Let it be a life that has dignity and meaning for you. If it does, then the particular balance of success or failure is of less account鈥� 鈥� John Gardner
Most often it鈥檚 not an 鈥淎-ha鈥� moment but instead meaning is built gradually by the many small choices you make, through the values you choose to express.
What are values?
鈥榁alues are intentional qualities of action that join together a string of moments into a meaningful path鈥� 鈥� Steve Hayes